K.E.M Hospital is a teaching hospital attached
to the B.J. Medical College and Sassoon General
Hospitals, Pune, and is affiliated to the University
of Pune for Undergraduate and Postgraduate training
in various subjects. Appointments of Lecturers,
Resident House Officers, Tutors, Assistant Lecturers,
Interns and Observers are also done through the
Academics Department.

Postgraduate Diploma Courses and Fellowship
Courses recognized by the College of Physicians
and Surgeons of Mumbai:

Seats are advertised twice in a year, on 1st
June for the August term admissions and on 1st
December for the February term admissions. Application
forms are available in the Academics office from
9.30 am to 12.00 noon (except holidays) till the
1st week of July and the 1st week of January.A
common entrance test (MBBS level) is conducted
on the 3rd Sunday of July and January respectively,
followed by subject-wise Oral Interviews.

The Merit list is put up on the Academics Office
Notice Board within 2 days of the Interviews.
The term commences from 1st August and 1st February
each year.

Yearly quota
of CPS Registrations:

Subject

Fellowship
(F.C.P.S) Posts

Diploma
Posts

Medicine

04

-

Surgery

04

-

Obstetrics
& Gynecology

02

04-
D.G.O

Paediatrics

02

04-
D.C.H.

Anaesthesia

02

04-
D.A.

Pathology

01

02-
D.P.B.

Ophthalmology

01

02-
D.O.M.S.

Orthopedics

01

02-D.Ortho.

E.N.T.

01

02-
D.O.R.L.

Skin and
VD

01

02-
D.D.V.

Radiology

-

04-
D.M.R.E.

Chest Diseases

-

02-T.D.D.

Psychiatry

-

02-
D.P.M.

D.N.B. Recognition-

D.N.B. seats are recognized through the B.J.
Medical College and Sassoon General Hospitals,
Pune, in certain subjects like Medicine, Surgery,
Anaesthesia, Obst. & Gyn., Paediatrics, Pathology
and Radiology.

Direct DNB accreditation is for D.N.B. Nephrology
and DNB Neonatology - 2 seats per year quota DNB
admissions are done as per instructions from the
National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, after
taking Interviews.

ISCCM Course:

Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine-ICU-
The KEM Hospital is recognized for conducting
the ISCCM certificate course after Postgraduate
qualification (MD/DNB) in Paediatrics, Medicine/Anaesthesia.

Duration: - One year- after MD/DNB, Two years
after Diploma (DA).
Four candidates per year are enrolled for the
same.
Candidates have to apply in December each year.

ELECTIVE
STUDENTS:

Medical/Physiotherapy and Nursing students from
various countries like UK, USA, Netherland, Australia
etc. come to KEM for Elective training.

Procedure: Candidates have to fill the
Prescribed form given by the Ministry of Health,
Government of India, New Delhi, and have to send
6 copies of the same with recommendatory letter
from Dean/Principal of their Medical School, Passport
Copy and Demand Draft of Rs. 500/- in favor of
The Secretary, Medical Council of India, New Delhi,
towards Elective Training charges. They need to
submit all the documents at least 3 months prior
to training as the Medical Council of India and
the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi, takes
some time for according approval.
On joining, students have to pay processing fees
as per hospital rules.

EMS COURSE:

The KEM Hospital also offers a one year comprehensive
Post Graduate Course in Emergency Medical Services.
This course is of 12 academics months. The initial
9 months will be theory and hands-on practice.
The last 3 months will be of internship, where
rigorous training will be imparted at the KEM
Hospital.

Admission notice is published in the month of
February and July in the local dailies. The selection
of candidates is done through an interview process.
Application forms are available in the Administrative
Block from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm.

NURSING SCHOOL:

The Nursing School was established
at K.E.M. Hospital in 1954. Students
are trained for the Revised General
Nursing and Midwifery Course, prepared
to fit in the framework of Vocational
Education in the 10+2+3½ years
programme.The Nursing School boasts
of 100% results since its inception.
An Admission Notice is published in
the local dailies in the month of
June or first week of July every year.

THE ORGANISATION

The K.E.M. Hospital is a Registered
Public Charitable Trust Hospital. It is a 550-bed,
tertiary level multi-specialty teaching institution.
KEM also runs a secondary level rural hospital
at Vadu Budruk, Shirur Taluka, about 35 kms from
Pune, called the Shirdi Sai Baba Hospital.

With a history spanning over
96 years, the KEM Hospital has all the major clinical
departments such as Medicine, Surgery, Gynaecology
& Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Anesthesia, Pathology
and Radiology. It also has super specialties such
as Neonatology, High Risk Obstetrics, a Renal
Unit, Intensive Care Units for adults, children,
newborns, cardiac and neurology cases.

As a teaching hospital, KEM endeavors
to provide student doctors and nurses the best
of opportunities to learn, to practice and to
become proficient in their chosen profession.

SCHOOL OF NURSING

Philosophy:
The faculty of the KEM Hospital School of Nursing
believes that the basic purpose of Nursing Education
is to train students who, on completion of the
education programme are able to plan and give
comprehensive nursing care and health guidance
to patients and their family members. The nurse
must, therefore, be so trained that she is intellectually
and morally enlightened and technically proficient.
She needs to be competent in teaching, oriented
to community health and research minded. It is
important that she must have the necessary knowledge,
basic skills and attitude essential for professional
nursing practice.

We ensure that the students acquire
all these during their training.

Aim:
The School prepares students for the 'A' grade
Diploma Examination in Nursing and Midwifery conducted
by the Maharashtra Nursing Council, Mumbai.

Objectives:

To enable development of skills in the use
of problem solving method In nursing

To impart knowledge of the health resources
in the community.

To develop inter-personal relationships.

To provide comprehensive health care nursing
for the welfare of patients, families and the
community.

To contribute to the professional and personality
development of the student nurses.

To instill a positive attitude, self-awareness,
self-direction and self-evaluation in the student
nurses.

Milestones

The Nursing
School was established at the K.E.M. Hospital in
1954. by the late Dr. Banoo Coyaji, Padma Bhushan
and Magsaysay Award Winner.

Revised A.N.M -
M.P.H.W (Multipurpose Health Workers' Course)
of 1½ year duration introduced by the
Indian Nursing Council, New Delhi was started
in KEM Hospital. 1484 ANM students have being
trained in this school up to July 2006.

1985 :

3½ years
General Nursing and Midwifery course started.
Recognized by the Indian Nursing Council,
New Delhi & the Maharashtra Nursing Council
(MNC), Mumbai.

1987 :

As per the Indian
Nursing Council guidelines revision of General
Nursing Course from 3 ½ years to 3
years.

2004 :

G.N.M. course revised
to 3½ years by the Indian Nursing Council,
New Delhi i.e.3 year General Nursing &Midwifery
+ 6 Months Internship

Course Details

Name of the Course

Revised General Nursing And
Midwifery Course Recognised by the INC &
the MNC

Duration

3 ½ Years (Three and
Half Years)

Number of Seats

40

Date of Admission

1st August

Course Out Line

The Syllabus and the General
Nursing Course outline, as prescribed by the Indian
Nursing Council/Maharashtra Nursing Council, will
be followed in the school. Classroom and Clinical
lectures will be given by Nursing Tutors, Clinical
Instructors, and Doctors. Lectures on specialties
will be given by specialists in the field. Students
are assigned hospital duties for clinical experience
in various departments such as Medicine, Surgery,
Paediatrics, Gynaecology & Obstetrics, other
specialties, OperationTheatre, Community and Family
Welfare Dept. as a part of their training.

Clinical Exposure

The KEM hospital has excellent
clinical facilities with 300 beds in the General
Wards, which include male and female Medical and
Surgical wards, Pediatric, Obstetric and Gynaec
wards. In addition, there are Operation Theatres
and Intensive Care Units. Students are also sent
to the following centers:

Kamala Nehru Hospital & Sonawane Hospital
for Obstetric experience

Sassoon General Hospitals for Psychiatry
and Skin & V.D. experience.

Community Nursing
Experience

Rural Health at KEM's Vadu Hospital and at
the PHC at Wagholi

Urban Health at the Urban Health Centre,
Bhawani Peth, Pune.

ADMISSION &
SELECTION

Criteria for Selection:

H.S.C. (10+2 passed) from Maharashtra State
with Marathi as one of the subjects. Preference
will be given to Science (Physics Chemistry
& Biology) subjects with an aggregate of
45% marks.

Age between 17 years completed to 25 years
at the time of admission.

Admission is done purely on merit: 50% of
H.S.C. marks, number of attempts + performance
in personal interview and written test.

Medical Fitness: -
a. Candidates must be mentally and physically
fit.
b. Students have to undergo a medical examination
at the K.E.M. Hospital at their own cost.
c. They will be considered for selection only
after obtaining a Medical Fitness Certificate.

Admission Procedure:

A candidate will have to fill up the prescribed
form available at the Office of the Principal,
Nursing School, K.E.M. Hospital, Pune.

Every candidate has to produce the required
information and attested xerox copies of necessary
certificates, as mentioned in the application
form, along with the application.

Rs.10/- per head per month.
In addition S.N.A Subscription - Rs.100/-
per year is sent to the Trained Nurses Association
(TNAI) Headquarters, New Delhi.

Notes:

Fees Structure is subject to change as per
Hospital Policy

Any fees charged by affiliated hospitals
for clinical experience will have to be paid
by the candidate as per Government Rules.

Students will have to bear the cost of uniforms,
books & stationery at actuals.

Mess charges of Rs. 12000/-p.a. will have
to be paid by the students at the eginning of
the academic year.

LIBRARY

Reference books are
available in the library for the students

LEAVE

Annual leave : 30
days.
Preparatory leave : 14 days per year
Exam leave : 7 days per year

DIPLOMA

The Maharashtra Nursing Council
Diploma will be issued only after successful completion
of the entire course and training at the K.E.M.
Hospital, Pune.

The KEM Hospital School of Nursing
has a record of 100% results since its inception.
The nursing education here is based on the concept
of Comprehensive Nursing Care,

Many nurses trained from this
institution have stood 1st in the State of Maharashtra
in exams conducted by the Maharashtra Nursing
Council Mumbai. Nurses trained from this institution
are working successfully at KEM Hospital and at
various other hospitals in Maharashtra and even
abroad.

Notes:

Students should complete the computer course
MS-CIT at their own cost and submit the Certificate
of the same before December during the 2nd year
of the course.

The institution reserves the right to make
any changes in the Prospectus.

Only those who agree
to abide by the above-mentioned conditions should
apply to the:

PRINCIPAL
NURSING SCHOOL
K.E.M. HOSPITAL, PUNE- 411 011

HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT:

The KEM Hospital has another feather in its cap
with the inception of the Post Graduate Diploma
Course in Hospital Management. The course is affiliated
to the University of Pune. The course offers a
one-year full-time (Monday to Friday) comprehensive
training in Hospital Management.
An Admission notice is published in the last week
of June or the first week of July.

CONTACT:

Postgraduate
Diploma Courses and Fellowship Courses:

Mrs. Sadhana : 020- 66037362

EMS Course:

Miss. Aarti: 020-66037408

Hospital Management:

Dr. Gojira : 020- 66037471.

Post graduate
and Super Speciality courses in Pediatrics and Neonatology

The Department of Pediatrics
strives for better child health through its activities
in various clinical, academic and research activities.
The department is headed by an eminent Pediatrician
and Academician- Dr. Anand Pandit. Under his able
and dynamic leadership, the department has evolved
into one of the best Pediatric Departments in
the country.

Facilities &
Services

Academics

The Pediatric Department at KEM
Hospital, headed by Dr. Anand Pandit has a glorious
history of successful postgraduate students, with
the first Pediatrician passing out in 1975. After
that hundreds of students have become successful
pediatricians all over the world.

Research

The Research centre of the department
has to its credit various prestigious national
and international research projects and innumerable
publications of the same.

General Services

The pediatric department caters
to the needs of sick children from all classes
of the society.
It aims to provide quality treatment at affordable
prices round the clock.

Speciality Services

The department is proud to have
a dedicated PICU, a state of the art NICU, a well
equipped Rehabilitation Centre, Liver and gastroenterology
unit and other specialty services like Pediatric
Cardiology, Haemato-Oncology,
Paediatric Epileptology and Clinical Genetics.

Emergency Services

The pediatric department at KEM Hospital, Pune
is the first of its kind in the city of Pune to
start Pediatric Emergency Services. The
aim of this initiative is to provide immediate
life saving services to critically ill children,
so as to save valuable time and many innocent
lives.

The following
Post Graduate courses are available in this department:-

1

DNB (General
Pediatrics):

Applications are invited
for the following two courses accredited
to The National Board Of Examinations, New
Delhi:

Post Diploma (D.Ch.
from MCI recognized Institute/ University)
DNB Pediatrics.
There are two seats every year for this
two year course.

Primary DNB Pediatrics (Post MBBS).
There are two seats every year for this
three year course.
The applications for the above mentioned
courses are invited from December, interviews
are conducted in January and the course
commences in February every year.

The Application forms for
DNB Pediatrics (Primary & Secondary)
are available at the following office:

The department
runs a 40 bedded Level III Neonatal Intensive
Care Unit (NICU) which provides the best of
neonatal services at affordable costs to patients.
With a dedicated NICU Team, sophisticated
equipments like warmers, incubators, pumps,
and ventilators, and extensive back up facilities
like blood gas, micro lab assays, ultrasound
machines and advanced microbiological testing,
the unit is rendering commendable service
in its mission to provide an ICU facility
for the tiny neonates who come for it.

Applications are invited for the DNB (Neonatology)
accredited to The National Board of Examinations,
New Delhi in this NICU:
This is a three year stipendiary course
provided by the unit for Post Graduates
(Post M.D. Pediatrics/ Post DNB Pediatrics).
The applications for the above mentioned
course are invited from December, interviews
are conducted in January and the course
commences in February every year.

The Application forms for
DNB Pediatrics (Primary & Secondary)
are available at the following office:

The Pediatric
Intensive Care Unit in K.E.M. is a 10 bedded
unit with trained nurses and qualified Resident
Pediatricians who attend to the immediate
needs of sick children round the clock. It
is equipped for minute to minute monitoring
of vital parameters. It is headed by a highly
trained and devoted intensivist. The cases
coming to the unit have a variegated profile
ranging from traumatic and non-traumatic coma,
respiratory failures from pneumonias, asthma,
congenital heart diseases, myocarditis, septic
shock, diabetic ketoacidosis, liver diseases,
renal failure, foreign body aspiration, accidental
poisoning and animal bites.

The IAP-ISCCM Joint Body has commenced
a I year Basic Certified Course in Pediatric
Critical Care in K.E.M. PICU.

Applications are invited from Post Graduates
(Post M.D. Pediatrics/ Post DNB/ DCH Pediatrics)
for the above course.
The interviews are conducted between May-July
and the course commences in October every
year.